Question

The air we breathe is freely available, without    1.  we could not survive more than a few minutes. For the most part, air is available to everyone, and everyone needs it. Some people use the air to sustain them while    2.   (sit) around and feel sorry for themselves.    3.   breathe in the air and use the energy it provides to make    4.   magnificent life. Opportunity is    5.   the same way; it is everywhere. It is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success; it must   6.  (seize) and acted upon in order to have value.    7.  many people are so anxious to “get in” on a “ground floor opportunity”, as if the opportunity will do all the work that’s   8.  (possible). Just as you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to succeed. However, it takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity. You must make use of it. That’s not up to the opportunity; that’s up to you.   9.  doesn’t matter what “floor” the opportunity is on, but    10. matters is what you do with it.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.which

2.sitting

3.Others

4.a

5.in

6.be seized

7.So

8.impossible

9.It

10.what 

【解析】

试题分析：

1.这是介词 + 关系代词引导的定语从句，关系代词指物，故用“which”

2.主语“people”与动作“sit”之间是主动关系，故用现在分词作伴随状语

3.Some…Others是固定用法，一些……另一些

4.这里是泛指，故用不定冠词“a”

5.in the same way是固定用法，同样地

6.主语“it”和动作“seize”是被动关系，故用被动语态

7.这里表示所以，故用“So”

8.这里表示“不可能”故用impossible

9.这里作形式主语，故用“It”

10.这里包含一个主语从句，并且引导词在从句中作主语，故用what

考点：词汇、语态、时态考查题

点评：做这类题，不但要选择正确意义的词、词组及句型，还要根据具体语法和语境，选择适当的时态、语态及使用正确的词形。